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Phys.org / Nepal's flood disaster and the impact of climate change loom large in the icy shadow of Mont Blanc
For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe's highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that gave the colossus its name: Mont Blanc, the white mountain.
Medical Xpress / Study finds social, financial and health care factors shape resilience in adults with sickle cell disease
A study published in the Journal of Sickle Cell Disease by researchers at Binghamton University's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences explored how individual and community health experiences of adults with sickle ...
Phys.org / These bulbs have evolved to avoid being eaten. You can take advantage of that
There's little worse in a gardener's mind than watching their careful planning and hard work go up in a cloud of teeth, thanks to every four-legged freeloader within chewing distance.
Medical Xpress / Digging through history to fight malaria
For most people, mosquito bites go unnoticed, leaving behind itchy red bumps that don't warrant much attention. But for more than 282 million people around the world, a single bite from a certain type of mosquito could lead ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify risk factors for dementia among American Indians
In a study in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia, researchers detected significant risk associations for vascular and Alzheimer's dementias among American Indians for four previously identified key risk factors: limited education, ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds limited evidence for helping hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder connect to follow-up care
A systematic review by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz and Yale University found limited evidence that hospital-based interventions can help people with alcohol use disorder connect with outpatient treatment ...
Medical Xpress / As 988 transformed crisis care, counselors balanced new rules with professional judgment
When the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline launched nationwide in 2022, it brought new resources and greater standardization to crisis hotlines across the country. For counselors answering those calls, it also meant balancing ...
Phys.org / A photon that challenges Einstein: According to current physics, it should never have reached Earth
How did a photon survive a journey of more than 2 billion light-years when, according to known physics, it should have been absorbed long before reaching Earth? This is the question at the heart of a new study by Giorgio ...
Phys.org / In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed
The birds are up with the sunrise—warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, insects and other edibles.
Phys.org / Levitated magnet opens new frontier in search for ultraheavy dark matter
Rice University researchers have used a magnetically levitated particle to search for ultraheavy dark matter, extending the hunt for some of the heaviest possible forms of the invisible matter thought to hold galaxies together. ...
Phys.org / The Future We Choose: New Beyond Blue report explores the forces shaping the next decade of mental health in Australia
Beyond Blue has launched "The Future We Choose: Mental health support in Australia through the next decade of change," a new strategic foresight report by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, exploring how mental health ...
Dialog / A black hole as light as 40 tons can exist inside a star if dark matter helps
In 1974, Stephen Hawking made a prediction that transformed our understanding of black holes. Black holes, he showed, are not truly black: They slowly lose energy through a quantum process now known as Hawking radiation. ...
